Leighton Grey: Preston Manning’s Thought Experiment: “The Covid Commission”
Imagination is Everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions – Albert Einstein A hallmark of Albert Einstein’s career was his use of thought experiments or “Gedankenexperiment” as a fundamental tool for understanding physical issues and for elucidating...
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Congestion-based Road Tolls
The answer has already been discovered in other cities
Phonebuster Alert
Phonebusters has issued an alert about a telephone – computer scam.
Blinded by Orthodoxy – Why the telephone companies don’t run the Internet
Why didn’t AT&T or the Yellow Pages develop a dominant browser instead of Yahoo, Google, or Bing (Microsoft)? How did Skype make a success of videoconferencing when the telcos couldn’t do it? Why don’t the telephone companies run the Internet?
A recent article in the Report on Business raised the issue of orthodoxies in corporate cultures that block the ability of successful organizations from recognizing disruptive threats and opportunities that can turn their business models upside down.
The Price of Anger: Killing the HST will cost B.C. 100,000 jobs
Voters in British Columbia exercised their democratic right in a referendum to kill the HST. Angry at a tax introduced only weeks after the last election, the voter’s fury has been expressed in a ballot by a margin of 55% to 45%. The HST will be extinguished and the province will return to the previous retail sales tax.
Climate Prostitutes, Charlatans and Comedians: Their “research” would be hilarious if it didn’t cost taxpayers and consumers so dearly
Put these guys on Comedy Central. Put ‘em in an asylum … a mandatory restitution program … jail perhaps … or a witness protection program, if they turn state’s evidence on other perpetrators. But keep them away from our money – and our energy, economic, healthcare and education policies.